Author Archive | Jonathan H. Adler

The New York Times reports on public health concerns about the growing number of parents who refuse vaccinations for their children. Children who are not vaccinated are unnecessarily susceptible to serious illnesses, they say, but also present a danger to children who have had their shots

The Washington Post reports: Vice President Cheney’s former chief of staff, I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby, was disbarred today by a District of Columbia court that ruled that his convictions last year for perjury and obstructing justice in a White House leak investigation disqualify him from practicing law. Under the ruling by the D.C. Court of […]

Like Orin, my initial reaction to Harvard Law School’s announcement of a tuition waiver for 3Ls who choose to work in public interest law for five years after graduation is a neat idea. Insofar as HLS is a trendsetter in legal education, this decision could induce other law schools to attempt similar measures (insofar as […]

Our own Randy Barnett has an op-ed in today’s WSJ, “Gun-Rights Showdown,” discussing today’s oral argument in D.C. v. Heller. Here’s how it begins: Today, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the case of Heller v. District of Columbia, a suit brought by several D.C. citizens contending that the ban on the possession […]

Famed playwright (Sexual Perversity in Chicago, Glengarry Glen Ross, Speed-the-Plow, Oleanna) and screenwriter (The Verdict, House of Games, The Verdict) David Mamet writes in the Village Voice that he is now an “ex-Liberal.” I took the liberal view for many decades, but I believe I have changed my mind. As a child of the ’60s, […]

Sunday’s New York Times Magazine featured an article by Jeffrey Rosen, “Supreme Court Inc.” suggesting that there has been an “ideological sea change” on the Supreme Court in favor of business interests over the last several years. A generation ago, progressive and consumer groups petitioning the court could count on favorable majority opinions written by […]

Linda Greenhouse reports on the “sniping” within the Administration over the Solicitor General’s brief in D.C. v. Heller. Mr. Clement

Via reader John Burgess comes this clever rewrite of “Love Potion No. 9.” I took my troubles down to old D.C. You know I came here straight from Albany Told about place where my credit is just fine That

I heard “Our Love Is Here to Stay” playing last night at dinner, and since it’s been quite some time since I posted a Gershwin lyric, I figured this one was as good as any for this week. So here’s the intro to “Our Love Is Here to Stay” by George Gershwin (music) and Ira […]

Larry Ribstein notes the specter of prosecutorial misconduct and wonders when the press will pay attention. This probably bears watching.

Do federal courts have general jurisdiction over murder and other crimes that occur within National Forests? Not being much of a crimlaw guy, I would have assumed the answer was “yes.” In United States v. Gabrion, a divided panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit confirms my intuition, holding that a […]

The Washington Post reports this morning that President Bush overruled EPA plans to have a modestly tighter ozone standard. In particular, the story reports that Bush told the EPA not to set a secondary “public welfare” standard for ozone that was more stringent than the primary “public health” standard. documents, which were released by the […]

Virginia Postrel thinks so. McCain is an instinctive regulator who considers business a base pursuit. It doesn’t help that the senator’s personal connections with commerce are largely limited to a highly protected local industry (distributing beer) and outright corruption (the Charles Keating scandal). And he’s every bit as moralistic as Hillary Clinton, our would-be national […]

Robert Novak has an interesting column this morning on divisions within the Bush Administration over the Second Amendment and D.C. v. Heller. In preparation for oral arguments Tuesday on the extent of gun rights guaranteed by the Second Amendment, the U.S. Supreme Court has before it a brief signed by Vice President Cheney opposing the […]

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approved a more stringent National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) for ground-level ozone (aka “smog”). From the EPA announcement: EPA today met its requirements of the Clean Air Act by signing the most stringent 8-hour standard ever for ozone, revising the standards for the first time in more than […]